JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska – Lt. Gen. Todd T. Semonite, commanding general of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and 54th U.S. Army Chief of Engineers, approved the recommended plan for navigation improvements at the Port of Nome during a signing event Friday in Washington, D.C. With the completion of the Chief’s Report for […]
Igiugig, AK – Igiugig Village Council (IVC) responded today to the news that the Pebble Limited Partnership (PLP) applied to alter their Project Description to “Alternative 3 – North Road Only.” IVC is the owner of Iliaska Environmental LLC, the majority owner and operator of the Diamond Point rock quarry – a critical component […]
Dillingham, AK – Friday the Army Corps of Engineers announced it has selected a “least environmentally damaging practicable alternative” (LEDPA) for the Pebble Mine. The Corps stated Pebble has accepted the Corps’ recommendation for the “Northern route”, which local landowners have stated is not available. The tribes met this news with skepticism as […]
Commercial fishermen and other leaders of the Bristol Bay region are asking the US Army Corps of Engineers to formally relax the timeline for development of their final environmental impact statement (EIS) and extend the deadline for cooperating agencies to comment on the preliminary final EIS. Given the major disruptions caused all across the […]